Accidents > Life and most surprising adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, mariner, who lived eight and twenty years in an uninhabited island on the coast of America, near the mouth of the great river Oroonoque

ROBINSON CRUSOE. 17
rived in the Bay de Todos los Santos, or All-Saints Bay,
in about 22 days after. And here I cannot forget
the generous treatment of the captain; he would
take nothing for my pallage, gave me 20 ducats for
the leopard’s fkin, and 30 for the lion’s : Every thing
he caui’ed to be delivered ; and what I would fell he
bought. In Ihort, I made about 220 pieces of my
cargo, and with this flock I entered once more, as I
may fay, into the fcene of life.
Being recommended to an honeft planter, I lived
with him till fuch time as I was informed of the man¬
ner of their planting and making fugar ; and f eeing
how well they lived, and how fuddenly they grew
rich, I was filled with an emulation, at leaft, to fettle
among them, refolving to get my money remitted to
me, and to purchafe me a plantation.
To be brief, I bought a fettlement next door to an.
honeft and kind neighbour, born at Li/bon, of Englifj
parents, whofe plantation joining to mine, we im¬
proved it very amicably together : Both our flocks
were low, and for two years we planted only for food :
But the thirdyear we planted fome tobacco, preparing
each a large piece of ground for planting canes the
enfuing year ; but now wanting afiiftance, I repented
the lofs of my dear boy Xury.
Here having none to allift me, my father’s words
came again into my mind ; and if only a middle fta-
tion of life I fought, why could it not as well be
obtained in England as here ? When I pondered’ of
this with regret, the thoughts of my late deliverance
forfook me ; I had none to converfe with but my
neighbour ; no work to be done but by my own
hands ; and this often made me fay, my condition
was like that of a man caft upon a defolate iftand.
So unhappy are we in our refleftions, fo forgetful
what good things we receive ourfclves, and fo un¬
thankful for our deliverance from thofe calamities that
others endure.
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